I went for my lunchtime swim today, did somewhat more laps than usual, maybe swam a little harder than usual. (I am not at all an accomplished swimmer, just a recovering runner.) After my shower I just wanted to puke. I broke out in a cold sweat, felt generally rotten, and quietly wished for death. I had to lie on the bench for about 5 minutes before I could finish getting dressed. This happened only once before, 27 years ago when I ran cross country.
Questions: Is this what athletes call "bonking?" What is the physiological condition that causes it -- build-up of lactic acid? Running out of blood glucose? Not enough oxygen in the brain? Dehydration? What is the preventive -- Big breakfast? Stretching? Being in better shape? Wearing boxers rather than briefs?
Thanks for your help.
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Michelle I had sometign like this Monday thru Wednesday. I'd get my dizzy, shaky spell about 3pm. I nixed swimming monday thinking I was going to be geting real ill, my son had stomach issues last weekend. Nothing happened except the dizziness, and feeling a bit weak. I slept it off for an hour and felt better but tired.
Wednesday I forced myself to go swimmng and felt sluggish. I did 100 yards of warm up and *** drill, fly and back work then I took a bathroom break.
While in the bathroom I found breathing a bit difficult...like I was going to faint. I got back into the water hugged the wall and felt much better...I then swam 1800 of Front crawl and felt very strong.
I think some bug is doing the rounds again and maybe the air temperature change from the pool to the locker room caused my body to react in a shocked way because of the slight illness thing.
Obvioulsy it could be something totally different but since we're not millions of miles apart... I figure I'd share my "odd feeling" with you. Sounds liek something similar in parts. My appetite was not decreased in this spell either. I think the forced swimming Wed helped my system buck up and fight it off...
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Michelle I had sometign like this Monday thru Wednesday. I'd get my dizzy, shaky spell about 3pm. I nixed swimming monday thinking I was going to be geting real ill, my son had stomach issues last weekend. Nothing happened except the dizziness, and feeling a bit weak. I slept it off for an hour and felt better but tired.
Wednesday I forced myself to go swimmng and felt sluggish. I did 100 yards of warm up and *** drill, fly and back work then I took a bathroom break.
While in the bathroom I found breathing a bit difficult...like I was going to faint. I got back into the water hugged the wall and felt much better...I then swam 1800 of Front crawl and felt very strong.
I think some bug is doing the rounds again and maybe the air temperature change from the pool to the locker room caused my body to react in a shocked way because of the slight illness thing.
Obvioulsy it could be something totally different but since we're not millions of miles apart... I figure I'd share my "odd feeling" with you. Sounds liek something similar in parts. My appetite was not decreased in this spell either. I think the forced swimming Wed helped my system buck up and fight it off...
